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Thursday, August 11, 2011

Lightning McQueen Cardboard Car Tutorial

Have you seen the new Pixar Cars movie yet?? It is amazing! The only way I can describe it is James Bond meets Pixar. I love how it incorporated adult humor and disguised it as a kids movie so I could enjoy it with my son. Filmmakers are so clever these days! When we got home from the movies my son decided we needed to make our own Lightning McQueen...out of cardboard boxes. The construction process and DIY design began.

Supplies:

One Rectangle Box

Tape

Box cutter
Elmer's glue and/or hot glue

Red spray paint

Construction or Scrapbook paper-

Rust-eze Logo (see below)

1. I started out with a rectangle box and cut off the two short flaps on the top. Save these for later.

2. I drew on the box as pictured below and made cuts on my lines.

The top half of the picture shows the cuts already made.
The bottom half of the picture shows you the lines I drew prior to cutting.

3. Tape as shown, adding one of the small flaps cut off in step one back in. I prefer to use light color tape because it is easier to paint over.

4. Use the second flap cut off in step one and make a small spoiler for the back of the car. I reattached it with tape and found it held its shape better that way opposed to just cutting directly on the small flap while still attached.

5. Paint Lightning McQueen with red spray paint. I used less then one can of paint and coated several areas twice.﻿

6. Print Rust-eze logo from above to attach to the hood with glue. Cut out eyes for Lightning out of white paper (or foam board). I traced two circles and filled them in with a black sharpie marker. I added two headlights and a smile on the front.

7. Cut out the number 95 and lightning symbol out of scrapbook paper and attach with Elmer's glue. I composed wheels from foam board painted black and upside down small red plates. I attached the wheels with hot glue.﻿

8. Let your little ones enjoy their new friend. This would be a great addition to a Cars themed party. Seriously, this is soooo easy to make. It only cost me $3 for the can of spray paint and $1 for the white foam board. My boys have been riding in Lightning McQueen all afternoon!

Per Lightning McQueen: " I am a precision instrument of speed and aerodynamics."

38 comments:

Totally cool. Your son is a lucky one. We made a storefront from cardboard once and it has been my daughter's favorite toy for the longest time. I also like that it is from recycled materials. Thank u for sharing

I'd love for you to link up to our "Crafts for Under Twenty-Somethings" Thursdays this week! It's a blog hop specifically for kids and teens ideas, so your ideas would be perfect! I'll hope you'll come link up this Thursday.

Adorable. I know my son would love this. Thanks for the helpful tutorial. I would love it if you would stop by and link this up at the crafty link party going on right now at Lines Across My Face. I hope to see you soon,Rachel.http://linesacrossmyface.blogspot.com/2011/08/cure-for-common-monday-4-craft-link.html

I love this! I was hoping to do something like this for my sons Cars party last week but just ran out of time. Come check out our Cars party here http://momommamoney.blogspot.com/2011/08/disney-cars-2-birthday-cake-games-gifts.html

Thanks for sharing. You are being featured this week at Lines Across My Face. Stop by and pick up a featured button. I hope to see you again this week!Rachelhttp://linesacrossmyface.blogspot.com/2011/08/cure-for-common-monday-5.html

Hello Michelle, that is too cute.. My daughter kindergarten class is having a car show may 4th she wants a Barbie car we have to make it out of cardboard but I'm having trouble on how to do it. Will u help me with some ideas I dnt knw where to start this is my 1st time doing this.

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Welcome! Thanks for visiting. I am a wife, mother of two small boys, and a nurse. I enjoy crafts, activities, and just experimenting in general. My true love is quilting but that is always a big endeavor. Therefore, I am always up for creating short and simple crafts for myself, gifts, and for my kids to participate in. I find true joy in just small attempts at creativity!